Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #338 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Dorchester
Liber: Folio HD 16 i:89
Date (written/recorded) 5/29/1800
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Manumission. For diverse causes and considerations William Hooper manumits and sets free from service the following Negroes: Esther to be free the 1st of January 1817, Jude to be free on the 1st of January 1819, Charles on the 1st of January 1828.

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